Kneading-board.



W. B. MoKEE.

KNEADINGBOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, I908.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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- VVith these and other objects'in view the 1 v slant-Bow To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, VVILLIAM BOYD Mo- KEE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing atBig Island, in the county'of Bedford and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Kneading-Board, of which the following is a'specification. .This invention relates to kneading boards and-its object is to provide a device of this character designed to be .attached to a wall ornother suitable supporting structure and which, when not in use, can be foldedso that the working face of the board will thus be protected from dirt, etc.-

Another object is to provide a kneading board having foldablebraces and also aving -means whereby the board can be automatically locked when moved to operative posi invention consists of certain novel features 0f construction and combinations of parts scribed and pointed out viewof the kneading which will be hereinafter more fully dein the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective board set u Fig. 2 is a vertical section through tlie board, the, same being shown by-full lines in folded position and by dotted lines in extended po- -sit'lon. .Fig.' 3 is a detail view of one end portionof the rock bar andof the adjoining P Pi I Referring to .the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a box -like housing desi ed to be secured to a wallor other supporting structure by means of screws 2 or in any other preferred manner, the base of said ousing resting upon and disposed to be fastened to the floor. The housing has a.

horizontal cross bar 3 therein and arranged above this bar and at each side of the housing are parallel'guide cleats '4 and 5. A stop bar 6- is located upon the bar 3 and between .thelower ends of the cleats 4 and 5 and mounted to reciprocate between the cleats and abovethe bar 6 is a slide 7.. This slide has metal covered beveled portions 8 adjacent the ends thereof and arranged within the aths of the beveled portions are locking hoo s 9 extending downward from and formed'integral with arock bar 10. This took bar is journaled upbn the back wall of.

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Patented March 30, 1909. Serial No. 436,680.

the housing 1 as shown at '11 and is also supported adjacent the hooks 9 by'means of pivotpins 12 extending into eyes 13 formed within the rock bar. An arm 14 extends upwardly from the middle ortion of the rock bar and is normally hel in a predetermined position by means of a spring 15. This spring presses the arm 15 backward and the books 9 are therefore held normally; projected forward and into the path ofbar 7.

Hingedly connected to the slide 7 is a kneading board 16 having COuHeCDed braces 17 hinged to the bottom face thereof and also to the-base of the housing. The parts are so proportioned that when the slide 7 rests upon the bar 6 the kneading board will assume a position within the upper portion of the housing, the inner or working face of the board being protected from dirt, etc. by the back, top and sides of the hou the parts are in this position th races 17 When rest upon the outer or exposed face of the "1;,

board 16;

A handle 18 is secured to the forward or upper edge ortion of the board 16 and when l 1t 1s desire to set up the board for use the handle is pulled outwardly and downwardly.

and the slide will move upwardly-between the cleats 4 and 5. The beveled faces 8 will thus be brought against the hooks 9 and will push them backward until the slide passes above the hooks whereupon they will swing forward under the slide. and support it. The

The braces 17 will therefore swing forward board 16 will therefore be l'oc ed in a horiready'for use. To fold the device the arm 14' is pulled forward against'the braces or spring 15 and by reversing the foregoing operationthe parts can be caused to fold What is claimed is:

A device of the class describe 1 comp a housing, the housing, a slide extending transversely of the housing and having -its ends movably mounted between the guides, said slides having beveled portions adjacent the endstherezontal position and means integral therewith, and normally in the path of the beveled portions for automatically engaging said portions when the slide rising parallel guides upon the sides of -of, a rock bar j ournaled within the housing,

bottbm ortion of the housing and at its my own, I have hereto afixed my signature Ofihfillb en deo the;1 board, said hlglged portionb 1)f in the presence 'of two witnesses. te oar an tes'e em movae downwardly Within the housi %0 fold the WILLIAM BOYD MCKEE' 5 brace against the board and wit the hous- Witnesses:

" I C. F. LOGAN, n testimony that I claim the foregoing as F. D) BROWN. 

